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Government Spending in the US

There are three levels of governments in the US: federal, state, and local.The following table shows current spending for federal, state and local governments, and also total overall spending. Federal spending includes grants and transfers to state and local governments. State and local
government spending includes “direct” spending on programs only.

2014

2015

2016

Federal Spending

0.0

0.0

0.0

State & Local Spending

11.6

12.2

12.7

Intergovernmental Transfers

0.0

0.0

0.0

Total Spending

11.6

12.2

12.7

Spending: guesstimated2

You can look at details of the data here. You can look at
deficits here and debt here. You can create custom charts
here and download data here.
You can look at the federal budget here. You can take a course in spending here.

Note:1. Federal spending after 2014 is budgeted.2. State spending after 2012 and local spending after 2012 are guesstimated by projecting the latest change in reported spending forward to future years

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On June16, 2015, the Congressional Budget Office released its annual Long Term Budget Outlook for 2015, which projects federal spending and revenue out into the 2080s. As before, the CBO study shows that federal health-care programs will eat the budget, with federal spending exceeding 35 percent GDP by the end of the century while federal revenue stays below 25 percent GDP.

UsGovernmentspending.com has updated its chart of the CBO Long Term Budget Outlook here. You can download the data and also view CBO Long Term Budget Outlooks going back to 1999.